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Boreal region to Carolinian area. New Brunswick, Ontario to Lake Superior and 

 Hudson Bay; New England, Ohio Valley to Missouri; south along the mountains 

 from New York to Georgia, northwestern Texas and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Damp shady woods. Dekalb County, Lookout 

 Mountain, 1,800 feet. Madison County, Moutesauo, 1,500 feet, ^yinston County, 

 banks of Sipsey fork, 1,500 feet. Not rare. 



Type locality : Pennsylvania? 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eatonia filiformis (Chap.) Yasey, Bot. Gaz. 11: 117. 1886. Slender Eatonia. 



Eatonia 2}emii^yJvanica Yar. filiformis Chai>. Fl. .560. 1860. 



Aira mollis var. Ell. Sk. 1 : 154. 1817. 



Scribuor, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 99, t. 33, f. 132. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Tennessee, coast of South Carolina 

 to Florida, west to Mississippi. 



Alabama: Coast Pine belt, Mountain region. Dry sandy open pine woods. Lee 

 County, Auburn (Baker .f- Earle, 607). Mobile County, Spriughill. Baldwin County. 

 March to April ; not infrequent. 



Type locality: "Dry pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eatonia nitida (Spreng.) Nash, Bull. Torr. Club, 22 : 511. 1895. 



Slexder Glossy Eatonia. 



Aira nitida Spreng. FL HaL Mant. 1:32. 1807. 



Eatonia dudleyi Vasey, Bot. Gaz. 11 : 116. 1886. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 660. Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 1 : 192. Chap. Fl. eti. 3, 614. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York, New Jersey, and south to 

 Georgia and Mississippi. 



Alabama : Mountain region to Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Dekalb County, 

 near Mentone, 1,800 feet. Madison County, Montesano, 1,500 feet. Lee County, 

 Auburn (Baker ij- Earle, 621). Clarke County, Choctaw Corner. St. Clair County, 

 near Ashville. Flowers in June; not rare in dry rocky woods and copses. 



Type locality : "E Pensylvania. Miiehlenb." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ERAGROSTIS Beauv. Agrost. 70. 1812. 



About 100 species in all warmer countries, principally in the tropical and sub- 

 tropical zones. North America 17, chiefly southern. 



Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) B. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 69. 1888. 



Cheeping Meadow Grass. 



Poa hypnoides Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1 : 185. 1791. 



P. reptans Michx. Fl Bor. Am. 1 : 69, 1. 11. 1803. 

 ' Eraiirostis reptans Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. 2 : 514. 1829. 



Ell.'Sk. 1: 163. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 660. Chap. Fl. 563. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 543. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 95, t. 31, f. 123. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. .532. 



West Indies, Mexico, Argentina. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and New England, west to Minnesota 

 and Nebraska, soutli to Florida, west to Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, California, and 

 AVashington. 



Alabama : Central Prairie region. Coast plain, alluvial banks. Montgomery 

 County. Mobile County, Choctaw Blutf, banks of Alabama River. August to Sep- 

 tember; not frequent. Annual. 



Type locality: "Ex America merid. Comm. D. Richard." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eragrostis eragrostis (L.) Karst. Dentsch. Fl. 389. 1880-1883. Low Eragrostis. 



Poa era</rostis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 68. 1753. 



Eragrostis minor Host, Fl. Aust. 135. 1827. 



E. poaeoides Beauv. Agrost. 162. 1812. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 660. Wats. Bot. Calif 2 : 315. 



Southern Europe, western Asia, Africa, West Indies, Brazil. 



Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Naturalized. Ontario and New 

 York, west to Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, and south to Tennessee, Florida, 

 and Texas. 



Alabama: Mobile, adventive in cultivated and waste places, about dwellings; 

 ballast heaps. August to October ; rare. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Italia supra muros." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



